Closure for jars or bottles.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

R. B. BROWNE. CLOSURE FOR JARS OR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 26,1904

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RALPH E. BROWNE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CLOSURE FOR JARS OR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,812, dated June 20,1905. Application filed November 26, 1904. Serial No. 234,899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH E. BROWNE, residing at Cleveland, in thecounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a cer tain new anduseful Improvement in Closures for Jars or Bottles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to closures for packing and storing vessels; andit has for its objects the production of a closure which is inexpensivein construction, easy of application and removal, and which willabsolutely prevent leakage of the contents of the vessel.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, Figure1 is a plan view of the closure applied to a jar. Fig. 2 is a sectionalView through the jar and closure, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig.3 is a plan view. of the blank before it is bent into shape to form theclosure.

Referring now to the drawings, in which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 representsthe jar or bottle having at the upper part of the neck a straightportion 2 and below such portion a rounded bead 3, said head preferablyextending entirely around the neck. The top of the neck has a pluralityof concentric corrugations 4 for a purpose hereinafter stated.

The closure for the jar comprises a packing member 5, preferably ofpaper-pulp, which member is held in place by the resilient metallicclamp 6. This clamp has a circular portion at the center that fits overthe top of the jar and presses'the packing member 5 into intimatecontact with the corrugations 4. The blank from which the clamp isformed is shown in Fig. 3, from which it will appear that tongues 7 and8 radiate from the central portion, the blank being slit for a shortdistance on each side of each of these tongues to enable the outer rimof the blank to be turned at right angles to the central portion, so asto form a skirt 9. This skirt fits snugly about the straight portion 2of the neck of the jar, and thus centers the clamp and holds it fromlateral movement. It also forms a receptacle or seat for the packingdisk or member 5, which member is first placed within the seat beforethe clamp is applied to the jar.

The tongues 7 and 8 are bent into the shapes shown in Fig. 2, so thatthey will grasp the bead 3 on the jar, the longer tongue 8 having anextension 10 to facilitate the easy removal of the clamp.

In applying the closure it is only necessary to place the packing memberinto the seat within the skirt, which fits it closely enough to preventit from dropping out. The tongues 7 are then hooked over the bead 3 andthe clamp pressed into position, the tongue 8 yielding as it snaps overthe bead. As the clamp is formed of resilient material, the tonguesgrasp the bead and hold the clamp securely against unintended removal.The clamp may be very readily removed, however, by simply lifting on theextension 10 of the tongue 8.

By providing the concentric corrugations 4 on the jar the packingmaterial is brought into more intimate contact with the jar than itwould otherwise be, the material being compressed into the groovesbetween the ridges, while the material on the tops of the ridges istightly compressed thereagainst. By having a plurality of thesecorrugations all leakage is absolutely prevented.

The bending of the skirt at right angles to the plane of the body of theclamp formsa reinforcement for said clamp and not only effectivelyprevents the same from becoming distorted in use, but enables the sameclamp to be employed repeatedly. The location of the bead at a shortdistance below the top of the neck permits the use of short tongues andpermits the clamp to be quickly applied to the bottle or jar, an objectof importance in conducting bottling operations on a large scale.

Many changes in the specific construction of my closure may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention, and I desire it to beunderstood that'I do not limit my claims any further than is required bythe prior state of the art or by the express terms employed therein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a bottle or jar having a straight neck portionbelow the top, a

bead below the top of said jar or bottle, a clamp having a centralportion overlying the mouth of the bottle or jar, a flange or skirt bentat right angles to said body portion, and resilient tongues adapted tosnap over said bead, and a packing member within the skirt and clampedbetween the central portion and the top of the bottle, substantially asde scribed.

2. The combination of a bottle or jar having a straight neck portionbelow the top, a bead encircling such neck portion and located a shortdistance below the top of said jar or bottle, aclamp having a centralportion overlying themouth of the bottle or jar, a flange or skirt bentat right angles to said body portion and of a length to extend nearly tosaid In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 3 the presence of twowitnesses.

RALPH E. BROWNE.

Witnesses:

J. B. HULL, A. L. LORD.

